In Yuan Shu's military camp, there is a scene of slaughter.

"Why did you freeze so many people to death?!"

Yuan Shu looked at the preliminary statistics of the number of people who froze to death, and was very annoyed: "Why did it suddenly turn cold last night?" Why is it snowing so hard today? ”

"Your Majesty, the people who freeze to death are not enough to affect the overall situation, but there are too many people who are frozen to death, from last night to this morning, it suddenly turned cold, it snowed heavily, many soldiers were dressed in single clothes, there was nothing to protect from the cold, and it was difficult to curb freezing to death."

Sima Xianjun reported this with a worried face: "Your Majesty, the number of frostbite is far higher than the number of frozen to death...... And what to do? ”

Yuan Shu frowned tightly and looked at his generals.

"Tell me what to do."

Yuan Shu skillfully threw the pot to his subordinates.

Subordinates, you look at me, I look at you, and then looked at the new general Lu Mian together.

Lu Mian didn't know how many alpacas were speeding by in his heart, so he had to endure this complicated feeling and speak slowly.

"Your Majesty, according to the minister's view, the most important thing to do now is to immediately send people to maintain order, and not let the military camp be chaotic because of the large number of people who have frozen to death and frostbite, and second, immediately send people to bring elite troops to guard the movements of Guo Thief's army, in case Guo Thief wants to start a war at this time, it will be a bad thing."

Yuan Shu's eyes widened, and he suddenly felt that what Lu Mian said was right.

"What you say makes sense, pass the order, just do it!"

"Yes!"

He had his own herald to order the soldiers to convey Yuan Shu's orders.

Then Qiao Rui stood up and spoke to Yuan Shu.

"Your Majesty, the frozen dead are irretrievable, frostbitten ...... With all due respect, it is irreparable, there is a shortage of doctors and medicines in the army, once you get sick, you will still get frostbite, if you have a high fever, you will almost definitely die, and you can't be treated, so it's better to ......"

"Why not as good as what?"

Looking at Qiao Rui's embarrassed expression, Yuan Shu immediately asked.

"It's better to ...... For those who are incurable, it is better to peel off all the clothes on their bodies and let the soldiers who have not yet become ill wear them to keep out the cold. ”

Qiao Rui pursed her lips, but decided to make such an opinion for the sake of the battle situation.

The surrounding Wenchen generals looked at Qiao Rui, with a look of surprise on their faces, leaning less, and falling into deep thought.

In just one night, the number of people who froze to death from frostbite would not collapse the army, and if all the clothes on their bodies could be taken off, at least they could ensure that the core elite would not be frozen to death, and more people would be saved from freezing to death.

At the cost of this, all these people who are freezing to death will be abandoned.

Yuan Shu was stunned for a while.

Even if he didn't take these lowly big-headed soldiers in his eyes, but he had to make such a big sacrifice in one go, affecting his own battle situation, Yuan Shu still inevitably hesitated.

None of the subordinates dared to say anything, so they could only wait for Yuan Shu's final decision.

There is no doubt that Yuan Shu's choice is undoubted.

He first angrily reprimanded Guo Peng.

"If it weren't for the betrayal of the Guo thief, why would my army be where it is today!!"

Yuan Shu's face was inexplicably sad and indignant: "Pretending to surrender to me and being submissive to me, now he actually betrays me!" This is all caused by Guo thieves! It is the people who are harmed by Guo thieves who are not able to make a living, and they are starving all over the wilderness! It was Guo Thief who killed our sergeant who lacked food and clothing, and died of cold and starvation! It's all Guo thieves! ”

The subordinates were immediately shocked by Yuan Shu.

This ability to shake the pot is really first-class!

After scolding Guo Peng, Yuan Shu began to blame God again.

"Heaven sent auspiciousness to me and gave me a jade seal, why not give me victory?! Is it providential that heavy snow is falling from the sky to hinder our army? Is this how God treats the Son of Heaven? ”

The subordinates were even more surprised.

Yuan Shu really deserves to be Yuan Shu, not only scolding Guo Peng, but also daring to scare God, I am the only one in heaven and earth, this skill is really unusual.

After scolding the heavens and the earth, Yuan Shu couldn't stop crying, waved his hand, and ordered his subordinates: "Those who freeze to death and freeze sick will record their names and hometowns, and when I win, their families can be exempted from paying taxes for one year, so as to comfort their spirits in the sky." ”

The subordinates knew that Yuan Shu was going to exchange the lives of these soldiers who were freezing to death for the final victory.

Increase the combat effectiveness of the army by reducing the number of troops and increasing the average ownership rate of warm clothing.

Very perfect idea.

Although the implementation is not so satisfactory.

Forget about the dead, no one cares.

But the soldiers were shocked to see their weakened comrades-in-arms, who were seriously ill, forcibly robbed of their clothes and bedding, and thrown out naked.

Someone tried to stop it, but was kicked to the ground and threatened by the thick wearing elite soldiers and horses drawing their knives.

"Want to die?"

"He's not dead! Just need herbs! ”

"The medicinal materials are all from above, do you still want medicinal materials? He can't make it! Get out of the way! Otherwise, die together! ”

And so the short conversation ends.

They were afraid of the blades of the elite soldiers and did not dare to act rashly, for fear of being killed.

So they could only watch with very sad eyes as their familiar fellow countrymen were stripped of their clothes in the cold wind and thrown outside, and then froze to death.

Although he is sick and some are unconscious, he is still alive after all, right?

He was dumped outside the barracks and froze to death.

It was freezing outside, and it was snowing heavily, and the wind blowing on the body was as painful as a knife cutting flesh on the body.

And so they died.

The survivors were organized, dug pits en masse, and buried all those who froze to death, as if the matter did not exist.

Later, the survivors learned that their Emperor had decreed that the clothes of these willing warriors should be used to protect those who were not sick from the cold in exchange for a final victory.

The family of the deceased person is exempt from paying taxes for one year, and that's it.

If they still have families.

This is the last tenderness that Yuan Shu gave them.

Afterwards, they were given the clothes of those who had froze to death, but they did not feel warm at all, only a chill more terrible than the cold wind outside.

They are not soldiers, they are just Li Shu who was dragged in by the war and lost his freedom.

Hungry and skinny, I can't eat a full meal.

Born in the midst of hunger and cold, survived in the midst of hunger and cold, and died in the midst of hunger and cold.

Or die of hunger, or die of the cold, or die of an accident, or die of the battlefield.

It's easy to live and easy to die.

In the eyes of people like Yuan Shu, they are just a string of numbers, a string of numbers that they don't know themselves, and a string of numbers that make up people's heads.

They themselves did not want to be soldiers, they did not know what war they were going to fight, they did not know what the purpose of their participation was, and they did not know why the big men who commanded them forcibly recruited them.

Receive a weapon, you can go to the battlefield, and then you don't know when you will die.

Sometimes they will envy the elite guards around the big guys, envy them for their warm clothes, eat well, and have rewards from time to time.

They will also envy those elite troops, although they are not as good as the elites of the guards, but they are also elites, they can be fed, they can also be warmly dressed, and their status is higher than them.

Even those war horses, they are very envious, because the war horses will never starve, they eat grain without fodder, eat more than people, better than people.

So once in a while, someone dreams.

"I'm going to be a horse in my next life."

A young man who had just lost his fellow townsman said to the white-headed old man beside him, looking at a horse that was being led away by an elite knight in front of him as he spoke.

"Isn't it good to be human? Why do you want to be a horse? ”

The old man, who was shivering from the cold, had a wry smile on his wrinkled face.

"What's so good about being a man, not having enough to eat, not being warm, not being able to pay the rent, how good are these horses? Someone took care of it, someone washed it, someone gave it food and drink, and we didn't have to eat, but they did, and one horse ate more than five or six of us. ”

Xiao Young's face was full of envy and yearning: "I don't know what it's like to eat support when I grow so big, my father told me that he once ate support, I asked him what it felt, and he said he forgot." ”

The old man laughed dryly.

Then the young man approached the old man and whispered: "I also heard that when the stallion arrived, someone led him to find the mare to match it, I don't remember, anyway, don't bother at all, and don't want money, how can we be people, if you want to eat or not to wear or not, you have no money to ask for a mother-in-law to warm the bed." ”

"Your father didn't ask you for a mother-in-law?"

The old man leaned on the young man and asked softly.

"When my father married my mother, I spent all the money in the family, and when it was my turn to beg my mother-in-law, my father was sad and white-headed, and my father fell to death when he went up the mountain to chop wood, and then my mother fell ill, and it didn't take long for me to die, I just dug a pit and buried my mother, so I was arrested."

Xiao Young wiped his eyes: "If you don't want to be a man in your next life, you will be a horse, how good it is to be a horse, as long as you run with people, you can be full, I also want to be like them, as long as you carry people, you can be full, great." ”

The old man leaned on Xiao Young's shoulder and sighed, not knowing whether he was sighing at Xiao Young or sighing at himself.

"Wouldn't it be nice if you could eat enough with people on your belt?"

"It's not like us, we dig around in the ground every day, and my tired waist can't straighten up, and I can't eat enough."

"Being a horse is better than being a man, you say?"

The young man turned his head to look at the old man who was leaning on him with his eyes closed and silent, and asked a few times, but the old man did not speak.

The old man didn't speak again after all.

Two soldiers in armor came over and tried the old man's snort, then took off the old man's clothes and threw them to the young man.

A soldier looked at the young man with pity.

"Put it on, you can live a little longer, and if you're lucky, maybe you can live until this battle is over, and then you won't have to pay taxes for three years, which is a good life."

Seeing the old man being carried away naked, the young man didn't move.

After the old man was transported away, Xiao Young wrapped the old man's clothes around his body, and then continued to shrink here, trembling while looking at the snow numbly.

It's cold.

It's so cold.

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